The Reef Surf Forecast

/ QLD – Sunshine Coast (38 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Reef surfForecast / QLD – Sunshine Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 AEST

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The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Reef sea temperature is 20.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Reef today?

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 12PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (14 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sunday 14						Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	10	10	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	34	33	23	23	21	18	17	17	17	17	25	28	28	34	41	41	43	70	96	104	104	104	107	110
Wind (km/h)	S	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	S	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NW	W	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:32PM 1.60				1:25AM 0.93				3:00PM 1.61				3:18AM 0.89					4:17PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14AM 0.30					8:32PM 0.62				7:27AM 0.37					10:12PM 0.55			8:54AM 0.40					11:21PM 0.44

	Sunday 14						Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	17	19	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	20	21	21	19	19	18	16
Feels °C (?)	17	18	18	18	16	18	16	18	18	19	18	18	18	16	16	17	16	20	18	18	16	18	17	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - Sunshine Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 4 km from Mooloolaba has become light (calm at Mountain Creek wx). Waves should be turning clean at Mooloolaba. 0.7m 5s windswell from the E with a 0.4m 9s swell from the SE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 16 minutes ago Mooloolaba

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Actual: 51 min ago

28 km/h

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